Determine if the numerical value describes a population parameter or a sample statistic. 72%72% of all students at the local university eat out more than twice a week.

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Booth

9 March, 00:26

Determine if the numerical value describes a population parameter or a sample statistic. 72%72% of all students at the local university eat out more than twice a week.

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Macho · Answer 1

72% of all students at the local university eat out more than twice a week is a population parameter. A population parameter is a value describing the whole population, i. e. all of the objects in it. A sample statistic on the other hand describes only a chosen sample from the population.